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How can I tell if standalone Snowflake is running?
by tor＠Bevitt.ws 18 Apr '22

18 Apr '22

I installed standalone Snowflake on Ubuntu per these instructions: https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/snowflake/standalone/. Now how can I tell if it's running? Can I see the number of connections it's serviced? Will it continue after a reboot? Thanks, Chuck Bevitt Tor Project | Standalone Snowflake proxy<https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/snowflake/standalone/> Our mission: To advance human rights and freedoms by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity and privacy technologies, supporting their unrestricted availability and use, and furthering their scientific and popular understanding. community.torproject.org

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tor/munin/stem
by potlatch 15 Apr '22

15 Apr '22

Hello Tor braintrust, Is there some authoritative documentation for setting up VPS monitoring via stem and munin other than product websites? I hate to re-invent installations if I can gain knowledge elsewhere. I'm very slow working with python3. The TMS combo seems to work fine but the first error I found claims all of my relays and bridges have similar user count (as 1.67k US). They also don't self-upgrade when I modify the .conf files followed by restart. Thanks in advance for any user help, stay safe and sane, potlatch Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) secure email.

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Relay question
by onionize＠riseup.net 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Hello, I have a question for other operators of the Tor. I started the nodes recently. On yui.cat status is displayed as offline (https://yui.cat/family/F81C34435CA08B81105B3C77CF29EE7824652BFB/, https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/family:8CD3507662A9946899CFE3… I did everything according to the instructions, the server work, the Tor process is running. Yesterday everything was displayed normally on yui.cat. I'm new relay operator, I do not know why it happens. Is this normal? Has anyone had the same situation?

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Re: [tor-relays] Does Tor work with Intel QAT acceleration
by Andreas Bollhalder 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

Hello Alex Thank you for your nice hint ot QAT_Engine. Yes, in theory it really seems to be possible. Looking at the Github repo of the QAT_Engine, it looks like there are still some issues with OpenSSL 3.0: Support for QAT HW ECX, QAT SW ECX, QAT HW PRF and QAT HW HKDF is disabled when built against OpenSSL 3.0 due to known issues instead it uses non-accelerated implementation from OpenSSL.I'm on Ubuntu 20.04, so I should be still using OpenSSL 1.x. There are plans for switching to OpenSSL 3.0 in Ubuntu 22.04. We'll see... So, one really has to test and I need to think about it. Wouldn't be a cheep test, but if this platform can give me a medium power system (~50W) and great speed, then it's definitively what I'm looking for. Otherwise I would prefer a Ryzen like the 5750GE. Andreas On Tuesday, April 12, 2022 03:42 CEST, Alex Xu <alex(a)alxu.ca> wrote: Excerpts from Andreas Bollhalder's message of April 10, 2022 3:32 pm: > > Hi all > > I have my first Tor relay up und running. It's currently installed on a little desktop computer with an Intel i5 9500T CPU. My Internet connection is 10Gb/s symetric. From this bandwidth, I would be able to spend a good part for supporting the Tor network. > > With that little machine, it seems that it would max out at somewhere at ~30 MBytes/s. For my definitive Tor relay hardware, I'm currently researching some options, which would be capable of handling Tor traffic at the rate of 200 to 300MBytes. Even it would be used nowadays, but who knows whats coming in the future and I hope this relay would last 5 years ore so. > > It looks to me, that with a normal CPU, it's impossible to reach my goal. But then I encountered, that Intel has the Quick Assist Technoloy (QAT) integrated in some of their products (ie. Atom C3xx8). This QAT can be used with OpenSSL as a hardware accelerator for encryption. There also exist dedicated PCIe cards with QAT (ie. Netgate CPIC-8955). > > Searching the Internet, I couldn't find any information if QAT would be helpful with Tor. But Tor uses the OpenSSL library and this can use the QAT acceleration. Is there anyone who has tried this und can share his expirience? > > Thanks in advance > Andreas > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > In theory, you should be able to enable QAT with "HardwareAccel 1" on OpenSSL 1.x after installing https://github.com/intel/QAT_Engine. I'm not sure about the process for OpenSSL 3.0; I believe it involves editing OPENSSLDIR/openssl.cnf.

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DNS server
by onionize＠riseup.net 10 Apr '22

10 Apr '22

I was setting up exit nodes and I had a question. Why is it recommended to use DNS caching software Unbound? What benefits does it provide compared to using hoster's DNS resolver?

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Next Tor Relay Operator Meetup - April 2 @ 1900 UTC
by gus 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

Hello relay operators and Tor friends, The next Tor Relay Operator meetup will happen this Saturday, April 2 @ 1900 UTC / 1500 EDT / 2100 CET. Where: BigBlueButton - https://tor.meet.coop/gus-og0-x74-dzn No need for a registration or anything else, just use the room-link above. The agenda is available here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-relay-meetup-april-2022-keep Everyone is free to bring up additional questions or topics at the meeting itself. Please share with your friends, social media and other mailing lists! cheers, Gus -- The Tor Project Community Team Lead

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Tor Relay Operator Meetup (Saturday, March 5th @ 2000 UTC)
by gus 02 Apr '22

02 Apr '22

Hello everyone, This Saturday, March 5th @ 2000 UTC, we have a Tor Relay Operator Meetup! We'll share some updates about Tor Network Health, Tor Bridges and the ongoing situation in Russia/Ukraine (Snowflake surge, bridges blocked, BBC and DW onionsites). Everyone is free to bring up additional questions or topics at the meeting itself. Date & Time: March 5, 2022 - 2000 UTC Where: BigBlueButton room - https://tor.meet.coop/gus-og0-x74-dzn No need for a registration or anything else, just use the room-link above. Please share with your friends, social media and other mailing lists! cheers, Gus -- The Tor Project Community Team Lead

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Exit Node Questions
by tdukes＠palmettoshopper.com 02 Apr '22

02 Apr '22

Just a couple questions regarding exit node setup: 1) what exactly do I add to my in-addr.arpa zone file? 2) how do I implement a 'reduced exit policy'? Is that something that needs to be added to the torrc file? Thanks

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Help needed to get obfs4proxy 0.0.13-1 into Ubuntu focal-backports
by wurstsemmel 01 Apr '22

01 Apr '22

Dear Community, Dear Bridge Operators, an updated obfs4proxy package was pushed to Debian bullseye-backports about 2 weeks ago and solves a security issue and a partial incompatibility between Tor browser and bridges [1, 2, 3]. See also the E-Mail from meskio [4]. The new version, 0.0.13-1, will be available in Ubunutu jammy, planned to be released in April as 22.04 LTS. I would like to get this version into focal-backports, as focal (20.04 LTS) is a popular system. For this reason, I filed a bug with Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/obfs4proxy/+bug/1967003 Anyone who has experience with Ubuntu packages and backports is very welcome to help. Thank you and kind regards, wurstsemmel [1] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/anti-censorship-team/2022-January/00… [2] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40804 [3] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/obfs… [4] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2022-March/020447.html

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Appears things are working again.
by tdukes＠palmettoshopper.com 30 Mar '22

30 Mar '22

Had been using a docker container with not much luck so I switched to using the tor files for centos 8. Working so far. I'm now in the relay search. Not sure or why its saying I'd be better suited for an exit. Fingers crossed!

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